Africa Express (film)
1975 film
- 1975 (1975)
Running time
Africa Express is a 1975 Italian adventure film starring Ursula Andress, Giuliano Gemma, and Jack Palance that was filmed in Rhodesia. A sequel Safari Express with the same leads followed a year later.
Plot
John Baxter is a freewheeling trader of goods in Africa with a pet chimpanzee and one dream: to save enough money to buy a gas station in Detroit. Madeleine Cooper is the lady of mystery he runs into as she flees from Hunter [2]
Cast
- Giuliano Gemma as John Baxter
- Ursula Andress as Madeleine Cooper
- Jack Palance as William Hunter
- Giuseppe Maffioli [it] as Father Gasparetto
- Luciana Turina as Lily
- Rossana Di Lorenzo as Mitzy
- Nello Pazzafini as Hunter's Henchman
- John Wener as Louis Renois
- Romano Puppo
- Sergio Smacchi
- Alberto Dell'Acqua
- Werner Doll
- Biba the chimpanzee[1]
Reception
Italian film critic Marco Giusti calls the film a "cute little movie" (Italian: "filmetto carino"), the best being Ursula Andress dressed as dirty sister.[1]
Bibliography
- Giusti, Marco (1999). dizionario dei film italiani STRACULT [sic]. Cles: Sterling & Kupfer. ISBN 88-200-2919-7.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Giusti 1999, p. 6.
- ^ Africa Express, retrieved 2023-03-17
External links
- Africa Express at IMDb
- Africa Express at AllMovie
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